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• Peter Murrell charged in connection with embezzlement in SNP finances probe

  Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been charged in connection with embezzlement of SNP funds

• Peter Murrell re arrested in SNP finances probe

  Former SNP chief executive and husband of ex-first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been re-arrested in connection party finance probe.

• Ronnie OSullivan begins World Championship against Jackson Page

  The Rocket is chasing his eighth title

• Royal Mint coin celebrates 200 years of the National Gallery

  The £2 coin has been designed by Edwina Ellis

• MP Menzies loses Conservative whip

  MP Mark Menzies has lost the Conservative whip while the party investigates claims he misused campaign funds.

• Rise in smoking levels in women under 45

  That's according to experts from University College London

• EasyJet cuts winter losses

  The carrier says the fall is more than £50m

• BP trim leadership team

  Oil giant BP has revealed plans to reduce its team of top bosses to simplify its structure led by new CEO Murray Auchincloss.

• William to resume public duties

  The Prince of Wales will return to official public duties for the first time since his wife revealed her cancer diagnosis.

• Scammer site taken offline

  A UK-founded website used to defraud victims on an industrial scale has been infiltrated leading to scores of arrests around the world.

• Rwanda Bill stuck in deadlock

  Peers have maintained the parliamentary deadlock over Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan.

• City and Arsenal out of the Champions League

  Manchester City and Arsenal are both out of the Champions League after losing to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively.

• Actor Warwick Daviss wife Samantha dies aged 53

  He's confirmed she died on March the 24th

• Netanyahu brushes off calls for restraint in response to Irans attack

  Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country will be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran

• Sussex Police apologises over failures in investigating schoolgirl murders

  Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway were sexually assaulted and strangled in woodland in Brighton

• House price falls slow as private rents hit new records

  That's according to the Office for National Statistics

• Post Office chief executive exonerated of all misconduct claims

  It follows an external report, which the Post Office has not released

• Relegated Rotherham part company with manager Leam Richardson

  The Millers will start next season in League One

• Rollout of eVisas begins by the Home Office

  It's as the Government aims for digital immigration by 2025

• Ministers confident of spring Rwanda flights

  The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill returns to the Commons on Wednesday

• Tributes paid to Pc Yvonne Fletcher on 40th anniversary of her murder

  She died outside the Libyan People’s Bureau in Central London

• More people of working age will live with major illnesses by 2040

  That's according to analysis by the Health Foundation

• Type 2 diabetes genetically linked to cancers

  Type 2 diabetes shares genetic connections with breast, bowel and pancreatic cancer, scientists say.

• Bellingham calls for racism action

  Jude Bellingham has demanded football’s authorities particularly in Spain do more to combat racism

• Paediatricians urge law change to bansmacking

  Laws must be changed to ensure smacking a child is not seen as acceptable in any circumstances, paediatricians have urged.